Closure of the main highway in the greater metropolitan area has led to disruption in virtually all industries in Costa Rica.

The cause is a big hole in the highway connecting downtown San Jose to Alajuela and Heredia, where the Juan Santamaria International Airport is and also a large percentage of firms that produce goods or services in free trade zones.

A new global services center will attend Panama and several Latin American countries.

In its new facilities, the multinational corporation offers tech support and outsourcing services. It employs 145 workers, and has generated an additional 100 indirect jobs.

From Laestrella.com.pa: "Additionally, a technology training center will be built in Panama, after an agreement was signed with the Vocational Training Institute for Human Development and the Technological University of Panama".